Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-07
BEFORE HIS HONOR.
THE OFFENDERS AGAINST THE LAW WHO
PASSED N REVIEW
And Received Their Discs IN Police Court Yesterday
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Ifonc were capable of writing mp Police
Court as seen through diSinterestcd glasses
il ,ouId be made the subject of Il great
deal OF amusement, Us there are many
very funny scenes occur. Yesterday
morning the docket was quite large aud
varied. running from a common drunk up
to shooting scrape His Honor appeared
Is usual precisely ON the stroke OF .
o'clock and announced that Court was
open. The spectators seats were wen
occupied with the usual motley collection
of humanity, who were ready 20 eaten
4, hatcyrr occurred OF an interesting ma
ture.
The slide was opened and the prisoners
waltlrd into the seats reserved for their
especial benefit.
Edward Fink WAS the first man who
Waited up before Ills Honor. He was
charged with havingthreatened 10 pull the
shutters off Ms. Hicks residence and at
tempting tn kick in the doors. All through
the evidence Fink. who IS quite young
l,nEiuu man, wore q Srli-sIIiStied smile,
which changed now and then into one Of
lpnarcnt enioymcnt, aud be might have
laughed right out ut one or two points had
not the dignity of the Court restrained
him. lie was also charged with using
abusive language toward the officer who
arrested him. The evidence was dead
AGAINST Ed. hut that didn't disturb his
smiles. But on. how il faded away and
was replaced by an "Oh, Ey Gosh. sort
ufr\preSsion when His Honor softly said
- and costs in the first and so and costs
in the second. Eddie then YEARLY went
back to his seat, wondering what had
struck him.
L.ottie Mitchell Is 4 colored girl. who
lives i'm Alley Ii above EoH street She
v.,s charged with shooting in the city
limits SUNDAY night. The evidence
showed that lottle attempted to scare
some men away from her house, who had
made themselves very obnoxious by at
tempting to slu.. her and ueighbOr, Mrs.
Cox. n was not learned whether any one
was ~ho or not, but a man was found
later wundrrin. around with halt his scalp
scoopyd oil, which he claimed was done
win 4 brick 1t Is thought, however,
that one OF the bullets did II, and Lo!tie's
r.,se was postponed until Saturday IN or
der to hunt up the men
John Riley aud James iurk were charged
with lighting and on account OF the alb
scurr ot Mcdonald. a witness, and Burke,
the other principal, the ease WAS postponed
until this morning.
Joe Ricketts, and Andrew klug were
charged with raising disturbance at the
house If Mrs. Butler, in Alley { above
Tenth street. SUNDAY night. klUg only
showed up. Ricketts, being unable To ON
account of Il wound which hr received
while running away from the officer, who
fired two shots to scare the men into stop
ping. Klug acknowledged to having been
i'm the ueighborhuod hut S.rid he had made
no racket AT all. lie really looked jun0-
cent and didn't seem To understand why
the Court couldn't take his word in sub
sanitation of his statement. 1t seems
that no one knew kIug, but all the wit
uc,.eS saw 4 man with a white hat in the
PARTY. and il was the white hat that ktug
can blame for having 10 pay - and costs.
The case Of Ricketts, was postponed.
Mary Nandync seemed to enjoy the
whole proceeding very much. laughing at
the timidity of the witnesses. When her
ease WAS called she sailed SmiiingIy mp To
the desk and proudly admitted that she
had been swearing at some Of her neigh
horS inr treating her badly. Mary also
lives IN Alley G, and she got y amt coats
tor her tine. Still she continued to SMILE.
John Carr, Jake Wi!bcrt and liettic
Roach were lined >! and costs; - and
costs and 81 and costs. Louis Frederick
rot : and costs tor being drunk, and that
closed thu. DAYS business.